New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-28
WHAT PEOPLE THINK AND SAY.
BOTH SIDES OF THE SILVER QUESTION.

BOTH SIDES OF THE SILVER QUESTION.
! To the Bdftor Of The Tribune.
fir: II ia an evil day for America when all our great
Journals far under ;he Influence Of tho money
archs that they dare not Will not permit simple pre-
sontaon OF facts and argument in behalf OF silver that
their readers may the other side THIS ought be
tho most prosperous era tho world ever saw, bat IL all
VI distress and doubt AMI anxiety among the de
serving anu worthy. This ia trus not only Of
intry ou: OF tho class IN Europe and In Eng
Lands coones That GLASS Is the farmers. both
and tenants Never have they ueen Stree tho dark
cads 40 TO 80 BAD u snape. am old enough 10
remember those days, ana luunted we'll enough with
the condition OF affairs now. The wage earning class
make vast noise AMI are heard ana our papers are
nod by tho column yet they IN happy condition
compared to tho employing farmers for vlr and
not impaired the values OF all but few farm
products Every day come painfye appeals agricult-
ura Journals and IL many Of the country journals from
farmers We'll may statesman on the hoor OF Congress
says n matters allowed 20 go on thus tho only
bankrupt law you will need Is sponge. Where such
facts presented a, that farmers with $4,000 10
$4,000 invested are barely making living land even
they would DO driven TO tho wall but for tho home
assured by Protective tsr. while those strng
CLING Ia debt arc slowly being destroyed; when FROM
abroad the report OF failure after failure OF once
wealthy tenant farmers. and tho sulrs Of great landed
estates at les by 30 per than the improvements
them cost, may not consider II there DO not
I can show YOU cir by i,bles running back 1000
years. that tie prrsont forced lati between tue two
money mstals Of the word has Dern psi slsh-
the silver mines OF Mexico and Peru
poured their wealth into th. lay OF the wOrli. can
show that thi1 unnatural depreciation of sverls III
WISE the result OF supply and demand Inquiry shows
us th't even In London. whrre We Americans permit
che price To bu nI H. not even s1OOoOOO or silver bHli-
ion he found GOa ana nor" Nsoibri from Ito
monetary functions wealth Increases and luxury alh
IT, IN dnriuiu- the PRODUCTION at thc mines
yet II IL rermittci TO TX thr rricc OF all cDmDo"S
aud 81 silver l. H. any wonder tlnt the rich mr."
growing richcr Yet TN T.iBrNE will permit no arsn
mont In lis columns to show the folly OF adopting tho
English slstun.. J.
thdyioncNrdic. Ii1 Jan. 20, 1857.
When our friend asserts that We will not give
the sIlN OF advocates hearing he fOrgets that AZ
time when discussion of the silver question was
capable of arousing far btterer anlmositics than
now, lhnrow Weed found IA constant welcome IN
our columns for his long ana aggressive arguments
Tor silver. He forgets the shorter contributions
on tho Same sile for which have repeatedly
ma lc room from that day TO this; aud no forgots
that less than year ago We printed Il long letter
from lilo late Dexter a. Hawkins, written for the
cypress purpose of securing wido attention to tho
maturod convictions of the silver AUTOMATICALLY